Firefighters rescued a man from a Benton City irrigation canal after an early Saturday morning wreck on Interstate 82.
A two-vehicle collision near the Yakitat Road exit at 3:30 a.m. sent a truck over a guardrail and tumbling down a steep ravine. It landed on its side in an irrigation canal, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said.
The driver freed himself from the truck, and Benton County Fire District 2 firefighters pulled him from the cold, fast-moving water.
Officials have not released any details about the crash or either driver’s condition.
The Washington State Patrol was on scene investigating and closed one lane of the interstate.
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